I Spilled Nail Polish Remover On Wood Table

Then get another cloth and dampen it slightly and put it over the stain.

I spilled nail polish remover on wood table. Use it with authority. Use it like sandpaper to sand over the sprayed area. Then pour 4 tbsp s of wood oil onto the stain then rub it all in.

Next wet a cloth and put some soap on the table then rinse the table and let it dry well. Use a very slightly damp cloth so slightly damp it is just humid. Although it may take longer and.

Touch one dry cloth against a slightly damp one to get this. This picture is actually after i tried just matching the stain with a minwax stain marker. Once you ve used the stain marker and applied lacquer to the damaged area fold a piece of denim into a small square.

The description says the top is a solid piece of sheesham wood if that helps. Nail polish remover is an organic acetone liquid that acts like a varnish and paint remover. I spilled nail polish remover on my roomate s coffee table and it instantly stripped the finish off and looks pretty bad i live in a 3rd story walk up apartment in manhattan and i d rather not.

How to repair nail polish acetone damage on a wooden table. The damage is only in about a two inch by two inch area but it is very noticeable on the dark cherry finish. Nail polish remover is ideal for removing polish from your fingernails but you should never use it to remove polish from a finished surface such as a maple table.

If the spill is severe enough or the table is protected with a very thin or fragile finish the polish remover can soak into the wood bleaching any wood stain and raising and roughening the grain. My daughter dripped a few small spots of acetone nail polish remover on our dining room table and it ate away the finish. Here is the original table and here is what it looks like now.

Then it sit for 10 minutes and wash the table again with the soapy cloth. If it too is stained remove stain and polish if there with nailvarnish remover in similar small areas.